In case people don't have a good understanding of what a supermax is, it is torture.

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182. Their medical is quite lacking

I read the full article. The BoP literally discontinued new inmates' prescriptions for psychiatric meds, because, and I'm quoting from the warden cited in the article here, "We don't give out feel-good drugs."

So there's a lawsuit against the BoP because taking schizophrenics, severe bi-polar disorder sufferers, PTSD, etc. off meds (let alone so abruptly) is medically Not a Very Good Idea. Those prisoners with mental illness, who should not be there in the first place because they will not receive proper treatment there, turn around and harm themselves (the article has some pretty graphic examples, including someone who used a drill bit to drill a hole through his skull) that then require far more medical attention to treat than if they had just maintained the prisoners' damn prescriptions in the first place.

Now granted the homeless don't get medical either, and a subset of the homeless is so desperate for shelter that they commit petty crimes just to receive a prison sentence. However, rather than tearing down prison conditions to the same level that the homeless face, I'd rather we pursue a Housing First approach so the homeless don't get so desperate they commit petty crimes just for a warm jail cell and food.